Shooting a romantic sex comedy in countries such as Malaysia and Singapore (that co-produced the movie along with Hong Kong's One Cool Film Production), where censorship borders on the Draconian, is not exactly an easy feat, even more so when the story makes a series of rather pointed comments against the ways religion functions and the blights of patriarchy. It is what M. Raihan Halim chose to do nevertheless, in a film that manages to retain its lightness and hilarity, even though its subject matters are rather serious.
La Luna is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story takes place in Kampong Bras Basah, a small village were the undisputed leader is Tok Hassan, an elderly scholar whose intense strictness regarding Muslim laws has resulted in fashion magazines being manually censored, sermons being purged of humor and teenage art being deemed a matter of police concern. His authority, however,...
La Luna is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The story takes place in Kampong Bras Basah, a small village were the undisputed leader is Tok Hassan, an elderly scholar whose intense strictness regarding Muslim laws has resulted in fashion magazines being manually censored, sermons being purged of humor and teenage art being deemed a matter of police concern. His authority, however,...
- 1/26/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Winner of the Netpac award at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, among a number of other awards, both Asian and international, and backed up by production companies from all over the world, “Apprentice” is one of the most renowned Singaporean films of all time and an, overall, great movie.
“Apprentice” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story revolves around Sergeant Aiman, a 28-year-old former soldier and current correctional officer, who has just been transferred from “Commonwealth” (referring to the former Queenstown Remand Prison) to the fictional Larangan Prison, the state’s maximum-security correctional institute. Aiman’s social life is practically non-existent, since he still lives with his sister and has no girlfriend, and seemingly, no ambition for his life whatsoever. As soon as he meets the prison’s chief executioner, Rahim, however, and is considered to be his assistant, and when he retires,...
“Apprentice” is screening at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
The story revolves around Sergeant Aiman, a 28-year-old former soldier and current correctional officer, who has just been transferred from “Commonwealth” (referring to the former Queenstown Remand Prison) to the fictional Larangan Prison, the state’s maximum-security correctional institute. Aiman’s social life is practically non-existent, since he still lives with his sister and has no girlfriend, and seemingly, no ambition for his life whatsoever. As soon as he meets the prison’s chief executioner, Rahim, however, and is considered to be his assistant, and when he retires,...
- 3/1/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Fangoria Studios' first film has just been announced! We have details on Sitora, a creature feature from writer/director Diffan Sina Norman that will be filming in Malaysia:
"Fangoria has always celebrated the art and craftsmanship behind genre storytelling, and will continue that legacy with modern creature feature Sitora. The film is set in the rural fringes of a rapidly expanding urban sprawl. Production will focus on practical effects and real village locations. The film will be sweaty, kinetic, feral and, like a tiger, wildly unpredictable. The story centers on a tyrannical shaman who peddles the threat of a supernatural half-man, half-tiger, as a means of preserving his feudal control. Sitora unravels current events in an unexpected setting, forcing us to examine some of our thorniest issues with a fresh perspective.
Sitora is inspired by a lost Malay horror film from 1964 entitled Sitora Harimau Jadian. The film was written and...
"Fangoria has always celebrated the art and craftsmanship behind genre storytelling, and will continue that legacy with modern creature feature Sitora. The film is set in the rural fringes of a rapidly expanding urban sprawl. Production will focus on practical effects and real village locations. The film will be sweaty, kinetic, feral and, like a tiger, wildly unpredictable. The story centers on a tyrannical shaman who peddles the threat of a supernatural half-man, half-tiger, as a means of preserving his feudal control. Sitora unravels current events in an unexpected setting, forcing us to examine some of our thorniest issues with a fresh perspective.
Sitora is inspired by a lost Malay horror film from 1964 entitled Sitora Harimau Jadian. The film was written and...
- 7/7/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Fangoria, the genre film magazine, is getting into the moviemaking business. Under the newly launched production shingle Fangoria Studios, the company is developing a feature-length film titled “Sitora.”
Inspired by a lost Malay 1964 horror film “Sitora Harimau Jadian,” the upcoming creature feature “Sitora” centers on a tyrannical shaman who puffs up the threat of a supernatural half-man, half-tiger as a means of preserving his feudal control. Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su is attached to play Sir. The film will shoot in real village locations in Malaysia.
The magazine Fangoria, which specializes in horror and genre film coverage, was founded in 1979 and still prints quarterly. In early 2021, Fangoria Studios was launched to develop and produce film, television and podcasts.
“‘Sitora’ is a perfect example of who we are,” Fangoria Studios wrote in a press release. “[Our] mission is to celebrate genre filmmaking by providing a platform for scary stories with deep roots in culture,...
Inspired by a lost Malay 1964 horror film “Sitora Harimau Jadian,” the upcoming creature feature “Sitora” centers on a tyrannical shaman who puffs up the threat of a supernatural half-man, half-tiger as a means of preserving his feudal control. Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su is attached to play Sir. The film will shoot in real village locations in Malaysia.
The magazine Fangoria, which specializes in horror and genre film coverage, was founded in 1979 and still prints quarterly. In early 2021, Fangoria Studios was launched to develop and produce film, television and podcasts.
“‘Sitora’ is a perfect example of who we are,” Fangoria Studios wrote in a press release. “[Our] mission is to celebrate genre filmmaking by providing a platform for scary stories with deep roots in culture,...
- 7/7/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
The first season of the Asian version of “The Bridge” was a very rewarding title that adapted the original quite well in an oriental setting. The second season, however, is on a whole other level, both as a production, as it adds an Indonesian axis to the Malaysian and Singaporean ones, and as a story, which is much more complex and intriguing.
“The Bridge Season 2” is available on Vue and HBO Asia
The story begins one year after the events of the first season and the rather dramatic ending to “The Truth Terrorist”-case. When a yacht registered in Singapore drifts ashore in Johor, the police are notified that inside lie the members of a family, all of which are murdered in ritualistic fashion, including the children. Serena’s division begins to handle the case but soon Indonesian authorities also get involved, with the presence of Salim, who is on...
“The Bridge Season 2” is available on Vue and HBO Asia
The story begins one year after the events of the first season and the rather dramatic ending to “The Truth Terrorist”-case. When a yacht registered in Singapore drifts ashore in Johor, the police are notified that inside lie the members of a family, all of which are murdered in ritualistic fashion, including the children. Serena’s division begins to handle the case but soon Indonesian authorities also get involved, with the presence of Salim, who is on...
- 9/5/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Multi-territory streaming platform Viu, and regional pay-tv operator HBO Asia Monday begin airing a second localized season of Endemol Shine Group’s crime series “The Bridge.” The Asian adaptation of Nordic noir “The Bridge” is produced by Viu in association with HBO Asia.
The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning directors Tj Lee and Jason Chong, alongside Zahir Omar.
The new season will be uploaded one episode at a time in Viu’s 16 markets, and on HBO Asia’s network of channels and services across 24 Asian territories. These include HBO Go, HBO and HBO On Demand.
“This second season of ‘The Bridge’ introduces an Indonesian dimension to the Singapore/Malaysia adaptation which escalates the stakes and production value of the established series, making it bigger and better,” said Jessica Kam, head of HBO Asia original production, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, in a prepared statement.
The 10-part Asian second season is directed by returning directors Tj Lee and Jason Chong, alongside Zahir Omar.
The new season will be uploaded one episode at a time in Viu’s 16 markets, and on HBO Asia’s network of channels and services across 24 Asian territories. These include HBO Go, HBO and HBO On Demand.
“This second season of ‘The Bridge’ introduces an Indonesian dimension to the Singapore/Malaysia adaptation which escalates the stakes and production value of the established series, making it bigger and better,” said Jessica Kam, head of HBO Asia original production, WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, Southeast Asia, Pacific and China, in a prepared statement.
- 6/15/2020
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Winner of the Netpac award at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, among a number of other awards, both Asian and international, and backed up by production companies from all over the world, “Apprentice” is one of the most renowned Singaporean films of all time and an, overall, great movie.
The story revolves around Sergeant Aiman, a 28-year-old former soldier and current correctional officer, who has just been transferred from “Commonwealth” (referring to the former Queenstown Remand Prison) to the fictional Larangan Prison, the state’s maximum-security correctional institute. Aiman’s social life is practically non-existent, since he still lives with his sister and has no girlfriend, and seemingly, no ambition for his life whatsoever. As soon as he meets the prison’s chief executioner, Rahim, however, and is considered to be his assistant, and when he retires, his substitute, his true goals are revealed along...
The story revolves around Sergeant Aiman, a 28-year-old former soldier and current correctional officer, who has just been transferred from “Commonwealth” (referring to the former Queenstown Remand Prison) to the fictional Larangan Prison, the state’s maximum-security correctional institute. Aiman’s social life is practically non-existent, since he still lives with his sister and has no girlfriend, and seemingly, no ambition for his life whatsoever. As soon as he meets the prison’s chief executioner, Rahim, however, and is considered to be his assistant, and when he retires, his substitute, his true goals are revealed along...
- 2/21/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Apprentice Film Movement Reviewed by: Harvey Karten, Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Boo Junfeng Written by: Boo Junfeng Cast: Fir Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahmad, Koh Boon Pin, Nickson Cheng, Crispian Chan, Gerald Chew Screened at: Review 1, NYC, 2/21/17 Opens: March 3, 2017 Ironically, as America moves to the left, the country votes to […]
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- 2/27/2017
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Since 2002, boutique distributor Film Movement have helped bring to light some of the truly great gems of world, genre and arthouse cinema from across the globe. Starting as a simple distributor which focused on offering a subscription model where any viewer could subscribe to have the latest release from the company shipped to their house as soon as it became available, the company has since been releasing film for the subsequent 15 years, even expanding into a classic label where one will find films from directors like Liliana Cavani and Eric Rohmer.
However, they’ve seen something of a reneissance the last handful of years. With films like Clement Cogitore’s 2016 film Neither Heaven Nor Earth making this writer’s ten best list of that same year, Film Movement are at the very forefront of the art cinema world. So it’s no wonder the company would bring us, for 2017, a...
However, they’ve seen something of a reneissance the last handful of years. With films like Clement Cogitore’s 2016 film Neither Heaven Nor Earth making this writer’s ten best list of that same year, Film Movement are at the very forefront of the art cinema world. So it’s no wonder the company would bring us, for 2017, a...
- 2/18/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival runs parallel to the main competition and highlights original perspectives from cultures around the world. One of the films screened in the section last year was Boo Junfeng’s “Apprentice,” which was later selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Oscars but wasn’t nominated. The film follows Aiman, a young corrections officer (Fir Rahman) who befriends and later apprentices with an older sergeant and chief executioner of the prison (Wan Hanafi Su). Though the two come to know each other, familial history haunts the present and destabilizes Aiman’s conscience. Watch an exclusive trailer below and check out the poster as well.
Read More: The 2016 Indiewire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
This is Junfeng’s second feature film. His first film “Sandcastle,” about an...
Read More: The 2016 Indiewire Cannes Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During the Festival
This is Junfeng’s second feature film. His first film “Sandcastle,” about an...
- 2/6/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Jose here. Boo Junfeng’s harrowing drama Apprentice focuses on the fascination a young prison officer (Firdaus Rahman) develops with the Chief Executioner (Wan Hanafi Su) who becomes his mentor. Besides the unique professional bond they share, there’s also a secret about their past that lingers over their relationship. This is only Junfeng’s second feature film, and he displays the storytelling confidence of veterans. Despite the film dealing with capital punishment it’s not a film about this, but rather a complex character study which invites us to wonder why so many people make choices we wouldn’t do in a million years. The film which Nathaniel reviewed at Tiff, is Singapore’s official Oscar submission, so I spoke to Junfeng about creating the characters, casting the actors and why it’s important we watch films about dislikable characters.
Read the interview after the jump.
Read the interview after the jump.
- 11/25/2016
- by Jose
- FilmExperience
Academy Award Submission for Best Foreign Language Film Nomination: ‘Apprentice’ from SingaporeJunfeng Boo, director of “The Apprentice”
To speak with 33 year-old Junfeng Boo, the Singaporean director of “Apprentice” is to enter an entrancing conversation that goes far beyond film talk. Granted the subject matter of this deeply-layered and extremely well-written story is capital punishment, a very weighty subject, but still our discussion went beyond that into the realms of personal psychology.
When I finally saw it in Mobile New Horizons Film Festival after it had premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, I was astounded by the heft and emotional weight of it.
Read SydneysBuzz review here.
Fir Rahman the Apprentice
Playing now in Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival after the Hawaii Film Festival where it won for the Best Acting Ensemble (“Moonlight” got the big award), it will go on to Taipei’s Golden Horse Film Festival and to Dubai.
To speak with 33 year-old Junfeng Boo, the Singaporean director of “Apprentice” is to enter an entrancing conversation that goes far beyond film talk. Granted the subject matter of this deeply-layered and extremely well-written story is capital punishment, a very weighty subject, but still our discussion went beyond that into the realms of personal psychology.
When I finally saw it in Mobile New Horizons Film Festival after it had premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, I was astounded by the heft and emotional weight of it.
Read SydneysBuzz review here.
Fir Rahman the Apprentice
Playing now in Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival after the Hawaii Film Festival where it won for the Best Acting Ensemble (“Moonlight” got the big award), it will go on to Taipei’s Golden Horse Film Festival and to Dubai.
- 11/20/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Apprentice screens at 2:45 Pm on Friday, November 4 and at 8:45 Pm on Sunday, November 6, both at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Cinemas as par of the St. Louis International Film Festival. Ticket information can be found Here for the November 4th show and Here for the November 6th show.
With elections less the a week away, we’re still be bombarded by ads from candidates campaigning on a tough “law and order” platform. So, a film addressing these issues couldn’t be more timely. Apprentice looks at the subject from an international perspective, as it primarily concerns the prison system in Singapore. But, it’s also a family drama, and a tale of a most unexpected friendship. The main focus of the story is twenty-something Aiman ( Firdaus Rahman), who we first meet as he applies for a new job. After an awkward interview, it appears that he will soon be...
With elections less the a week away, we’re still be bombarded by ads from candidates campaigning on a tough “law and order” platform. So, a film addressing these issues couldn’t be more timely. Apprentice looks at the subject from an international perspective, as it primarily concerns the prison system in Singapore. But, it’s also a family drama, and a tale of a most unexpected friendship. The main focus of the story is twenty-something Aiman ( Firdaus Rahman), who we first meet as he applies for a new job. After an awkward interview, it appears that he will soon be...
- 11/3/2016
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Perhaps just another narrative about a millennial finding their calling, Apprentice zeroes in on Aiman (Fir Rahman), a man in his late ’20s still living with his sister, Suhaila (Masura Ahmad), both of whom were orphaned after the execution of their murderer father during their childhood. Having gone through a period acting out his anger in gangs and the army, his rehabilitation — or, rather, indoctrination — into authority seems complete with a new job as a correctional officer at a prison. Things take on greater significance once he spies under the gallows of the prison’s execution room the 30-year veteran head executioner, Rahim (Wan Hanafi Su), who seems an obvious representation of right-wing ideology and authoritarianism at its most extreme. And Rahim notices him back, Aiman’s work ethic and eagerness to impress quickly leading to him being taken under the leader’s wing.
But there comes the reveal that...
But there comes the reveal that...
- 9/10/2016
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Nathaniel R reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival
Fine movies nearly always have a specific point of view, whether that's through a polished screenplay, unusually commanding performance, or auteurial voice. In the case of Apprentice, a new drama set almost entirely in a maximum security prison, that Pov is subjective, even literal on occasion. We're experiencing the story through the eyes and feelings, however repressed, of a young Malay corrections officer named Aiman (Fir Rahman). Aiman has started a new position in the rehab unit of the prison before drifting, from what seems like instinctual curiousity, towards the jail's hangman Rahim (Wan Hanafi Su), who seems from a distance callous about his job, deploying gallows humor at lunch. Rahim takes a liking to the young oddly serious man and soon he's teaching him the literal ropes -- hanging being the method of execution in Singapore. Naturally it's more complicated...
Fine movies nearly always have a specific point of view, whether that's through a polished screenplay, unusually commanding performance, or auteurial voice. In the case of Apprentice, a new drama set almost entirely in a maximum security prison, that Pov is subjective, even literal on occasion. We're experiencing the story through the eyes and feelings, however repressed, of a young Malay corrections officer named Aiman (Fir Rahman). Aiman has started a new position in the rehab unit of the prison before drifting, from what seems like instinctual curiousity, towards the jail's hangman Rahim (Wan Hanafi Su), who seems from a distance callous about his job, deploying gallows humor at lunch. Rahim takes a liking to the young oddly serious man and soon he's teaching him the literal ropes -- hanging being the method of execution in Singapore. Naturally it's more complicated...
- 9/8/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Film Movement has announced its acquisition of Boo Junfeng’s second feature film, “Apprentice,” “about a correctional officer who becomes friends with the chief executioner of a prison and then is tapped to become his trainee.” The film premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and will next make its North American premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema program of the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
“Apprentice” stars Fir Rhaman in his first feature film. In it, he plays “Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory’s top prison. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65-year-old sergeant named Rahim (veteran actor Wan Hanafi Su). Soon,...
– Film Movement has announced its acquisition of Boo Junfeng’s second feature film, “Apprentice,” “about a correctional officer who becomes friends with the chief executioner of a prison and then is tapped to become his trainee.” The film premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, and will next make its North American premiere in the Contemporary World Cinema program of the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
“Apprentice” stars Fir Rhaman in his first feature film. In it, he plays “Aiman, a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory’s top prison. At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65-year-old sergeant named Rahim (veteran actor Wan Hanafi Su). Soon,...
- 8/19/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Film Movement has picked up North American rights to Boo Junfeng’s second feature in the run-up to its North American premiere in Toronto next month.
Apprentice premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, where the Singapore-set psychological drama won admirers for its story of a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
Newcomer Fir Rhaman, Mastura Ahmad and Wan Hanafi Su star in the Singapore-Germany-France-Hong Kong-Qatar co-production.
“We are extremely happy to be working with Film Movement on the release of Apprentice,” said Fiorella Moretti and Hedi Zardi of Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
“We believe that their team will do a great job distributing our common passion for this strong film and revealing Boo Junfeng as a major filmmaker to follow.”
Film Movement president Michael E. Rosenberg closed the deal with Moretti and plans an early 2017 theatrical release followed by digital and home video roll-out.
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Apprentice premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, where the Singapore-set psychological drama won admirers for its story of a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
Newcomer Fir Rhaman, Mastura Ahmad and Wan Hanafi Su star in the Singapore-Germany-France-Hong Kong-Qatar co-production.
“We are extremely happy to be working with Film Movement on the release of Apprentice,” said Fiorella Moretti and Hedi Zardi of Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
“We believe that their team will do a great job distributing our common passion for this strong film and revealing Boo Junfeng as a major filmmaker to follow.”
Film Movement president Michael E. Rosenberg closed the deal with Moretti and plans an early 2017 theatrical release followed by digital and home video roll-out.
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- 8/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The distributor has picked up North American rights to Boo Junfeng’s second feature in the run-up to its North American premiere in Toronto next month.
Apprentice premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, where the Singapore-set psychological drama won admirers for its story of a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
Newcomer Fir Rhaman, Mastura Ahmad and Wan Hanafi Su star in the Singapore-Germany-France-Hong Kong-Qatar co-production.
“We are extremely happy to be working with Film Movement on the release of Apprentice,” said Fiorella Moretti and Hedi Zardi of Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
“We believe that their team will do a great job distributing our common passion for this strong film and revealing Boo Junfeng as a major filmmaker to follow.”
Film Movement president Michael E. Rosenberg closed the deal with Moretti and plans an early 2017 theatrical release followed by digital and home video roll-out.
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Apprentice premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, where the Singapore-set psychological drama won admirers for its story of a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
Newcomer Fir Rhaman, Mastura Ahmad and Wan Hanafi Su star in the Singapore-Germany-France-Hong Kong-Qatar co-production.
“We are extremely happy to be working with Film Movement on the release of Apprentice,” said Fiorella Moretti and Hedi Zardi of Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
“We believe that their team will do a great job distributing our common passion for this strong film and revealing Boo Junfeng as a major filmmaker to follow.”
Film Movement president Michael E. Rosenberg closed the deal with Moretti and plans an early 2017 theatrical release followed by digital and home video roll-out.
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- 8/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: The distributor has picked up North American rights to Boo Junfeng’s second feature in the run-up to its North American premiere in Toronto next month.
Apprentice premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, where it won admirers for its story of a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
Newcomer Fir Rhaman, Mastura Ahmad and Wan Hanafi Su star in the Singapore-Germany-France-Hong Kong-Qatar co-production.
“We are extremely happy to be working with Film Movement on the release of Apprentice,” said Fiorella Moretti and Hedi Zardi of Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
“We believe that their team will do a great job distributing our common passion for this strong film and revealing Boo Junfeng as a major filmmaker to follow.”
Film Movement plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the film followed by digital and home video roll-out.
President Michael E. Rosenberg closed the deal with Moretti. Luxbox licensed...
Apprentice premiered in Un Certain Regard in Cannes, where it won admirers for its story of a correctional officer who befriends the chief executioner of a prison and becomes his trainee.
Newcomer Fir Rhaman, Mastura Ahmad and Wan Hanafi Su star in the Singapore-Germany-France-Hong Kong-Qatar co-production.
“We are extremely happy to be working with Film Movement on the release of Apprentice,” said Fiorella Moretti and Hedi Zardi of Paris-based sales agent Luxbox.
“We believe that their team will do a great job distributing our common passion for this strong film and revealing Boo Junfeng as a major filmmaker to follow.”
Film Movement plans an early 2017 theatrical release for the film followed by digital and home video roll-out.
President Michael E. Rosenberg closed the deal with Moretti. Luxbox licensed...
- 8/16/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
During the introduction of the Japan 1968 film program at this year’s Guanajuato International Film Festival, we saw footage of Oshima Nagisa’s classic Death by Hanging and also the filmmakers’ very direct and bold statement against death penalty. Almost 50 years later this issue remains highly controversial; proof of that is the appearance of a film like Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice as part of the festival’s official competitive section. This is an important exploration of capital punishment, not from a political point of view, but rather from the perspective of the prison system employees that experience first-hand this particular way of doing justice used in several countries, including Singapore. Rahim (Wan Hanafi Su) is a veteran executioner and eventual mentor of our protagonist Aiman (Fir Rahman),...
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- 8/1/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Hot off the announcement that it will have its world premiere at Cannes in the Un Certain Regard competition, we get our first look at Apprentice, a Malay-language execution drama set in Singapore. Newcomer Fir Rahman stars as Aiman, a prison warden who is transferred to a maximum security facility, where he serves under the tutelage of veteran hangman Rahim, played by Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan, Men Who Save The World). While Aiman develops a friendship with Rahim, secrets from their past throw their whole situation into conflict. Directed by Boo Junfeng, whose first feature Sandcastle debuted at Cannes Critic Week back in 2010, Apprentice has already been picked up for release in France, Hong Kong, China, Mexico and Turkey, and should secure further distribution...
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- 4/17/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Paris-based sales agent Luxbox has sealed a string of deals on Cannes Un Certain Regard title Apprentice, including a sale to France’s Version Originale Condor.
The film, the second feature from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, has also gone to Turkey (Bir Films), Mexico (Nd Mantarraya), Singapore (Clover Films) and Hong Kong and China (Bravos Pictures). Version Originale Condor plans to release the film in France on June 1, 2016.
A co-production between Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar, Apprentice revolves around a young prison officer, who strikes up a friendship with the prison’s chief executioner, and is asked to become his assistant and possibly successor.
Shot in Singapore and Australia, the film stars veteran Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan), Mastura Ahmad and newcomer Fir Rahman as the young protagonist.
The film was produced by Peanut Pictures’ Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Akanga Film Asia’s Fran Borgia and Zhao Wei Films’ Tan Fong Cheng, with Germany...
The film, the second feature from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, has also gone to Turkey (Bir Films), Mexico (Nd Mantarraya), Singapore (Clover Films) and Hong Kong and China (Bravos Pictures). Version Originale Condor plans to release the film in France on June 1, 2016.
A co-production between Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar, Apprentice revolves around a young prison officer, who strikes up a friendship with the prison’s chief executioner, and is asked to become his assistant and possibly successor.
Shot in Singapore and Australia, the film stars veteran Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan), Mastura Ahmad and newcomer Fir Rahman as the young protagonist.
The film was produced by Peanut Pictures’ Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Akanga Film Asia’s Fran Borgia and Zhao Wei Films’ Tan Fong Cheng, with Germany...
- 4/15/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Paris-based sales agent Luxbox has sealed a string of deals on Cannes Un Certain Regard title Apprentice, including a sale to France’s Version Originale Condor.
The film, the second feature from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, has also gone to Turkey (Bir Films), Mexico (Nd Mantarraya), Singapore (Clover Films) and Hong Kong and China (Bravos Pictures). Version Originale Condor plans to release the film in France on June 1, 2016.
A co-production between Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar, Apprentice revolves around a young prison officer, who strikes up a friendship with the prison’s chief executioner, and is asked to become his assistant and possibly successor.
Shot in Singapore and Australia, the film stars veteran Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan), Mastura Ahmad and newcomer Fir Rahman as the young protagonist.
The film was produced by Peanut Pictures’ Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Akanga Film Asia’s Fran Borgia and Zhao Wei Films’ Tan Fong Cheng, with Germany...
The film, the second feature from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, has also gone to Turkey (Bir Films), Mexico (Nd Mantarraya), Singapore (Clover Films) and Hong Kong and China (Bravos Pictures). Version Originale Condor plans to release the film in France on June 1, 2016.
A co-production between Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar, Apprentice revolves around a young prison officer, who strikes up a friendship with the prison’s chief executioner, and is asked to become his assistant and possibly successor.
Shot in Singapore and Australia, the film stars veteran Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan), Mastura Ahmad and newcomer Fir Rahman as the young protagonist.
The film was produced by Peanut Pictures’ Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Akanga Film Asia’s Fran Borgia and Zhao Wei Films’ Tan Fong Cheng, with Germany...
- 4/15/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Paris-based sales agent Luxbox has sealed a string of deals on Cannes Un Certain Regard title Apprentice, including a sale to France’s Version Originale Condor.
The film, the second feature from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, has also gone to Turkey (Bir Films), Mexico (Nd Mantarraya), Singapore (Clover Films) and Hong Kong and China (Bravos Pictures). Version Originale Condor plans to release the film in France on June 1, 2016.
A co-production between Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar, Apprentice revolves around a young prison officer, who strikes up a friendship with the prison’s chief executioner, and is asked to become his assistant and possibly successor.
Shot in Singapore and Australia, the film stars veteran Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan), Mastura Ahmad and newcomer Fir Rahman as the young protagonist.
The film was produced by Peanut Pictures’ Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Akanga Film Asia’s Fran Borgia and Zhao Wei Films’ Tan Fong Cheng, with Germany...
The film, the second feature from Singapore’s Boo Junfeng, has also gone to Turkey (Bir Films), Mexico (Nd Mantarraya), Singapore (Clover Films) and Hong Kong and China (Bravos Pictures). Version Originale Condor plans to release the film in France on June 1, 2016.
A co-production between Singapore, Germany, France, Hong Kong and Qatar, Apprentice revolves around a young prison officer, who strikes up a friendship with the prison’s chief executioner, and is asked to become his assistant and possibly successor.
Shot in Singapore and Australia, the film stars veteran Malaysian actor Wan Hanafi Su (Bunohan), Mastura Ahmad and newcomer Fir Rahman as the young protagonist.
The film was produced by Peanut Pictures’ Raymond Phathanavirangoon, Akanga Film Asia’s Fran Borgia and Zhao Wei Films’ Tan Fong Cheng, with Germany...
- 4/15/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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